Horseshoe.



E. LEWIS & G. .BROADHURS'L HORSESHOE.

APPLIOATION 'FILED PBB.13,1911.

Patented July 16, 191:2.

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.nLIAsLEWIs Ann GEORGE -BnoAnHURs'rQ or Tuinen HAUTE, INDIANA.

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To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we', ELIAS Lnwrs and GEORGEBuoAnHURs'r', citizens of the United States', and residing at Terre-Hafute, inthe county of Vigo' and State of Indiana,A have invented a newand Improvedl Horseshoe7V of which the following is a specification.

Our invention, which relates to improvements in horse shoes,morevparticularly has for its object'to provide a simple and economicalconstruction of the toe and calk por- -tions'of the shoe and our saidinvention consists in the peculiar construction and novel arrangement ofthe parts hereinafter de,-

scribed, specifically pointed outvin the ape pended claim andillust-rated 'i'nv lthe accompanying drawing, inwhich,

Figure 1is a perspective view-of a horse shoe that embodies ourinvention. an inverted plan view of the front. endof the shoe with thetoe calli* member applied. Fig'. 3, is a transverse section thereof nnthe line 3-3 on Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a, longitudinal section of the toeca'lk and' the shoe taken on the line .lf-eon Fig.-3. Fig. 5,' is 'aperspective view or" the toe end of the shoe with the oalk removed 'andformed with the preferred formof saddle lug. Fig. 6, is a pervspectiveview of one of the heel ends ofthe shoe. Fig. 7 is a similar'view of oneform of the heel calks. Fig. 8,. is a perspective in section and Fig. 9,

view of a modified form of toe-calk, partly is asimilar view of ashallowor bluntcalk. 1 l v The'horse shoe body E llis of theconventional form and at the toe and heel ends it has lugs for receivingthe calk members ywhich aredetachab'ly secured and in such manner thatwhen worn they may be readily removed and replaced by' new ones.

As is best shown in Figs. 2,3 and el, the toe end of the shoe has alug-A integral with the shoe body that extends transversely' and nearlythe full width ofthe said toe end of the shoe and in the preferredconstruction the loweredge has a Vshaped groove a. that forms a saddleseat for the correspond-- ingly shaped bearing portion l) of the toecalk D as is best shown in Fig. 3. The toe calk l) is'ot a size toextend'over the full length of the lugA and at the opposite sides .it islongitudinally recessed as at (Z-cl whereby to form side l'lauges orbars d2 and the lower edges of the said recesses taper up-.

wardly as at (Z3 andmerge at o to form th l V shaped bearing lportion'of the calk that.

l l Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. 2, is

Patented July 16, 1912. V Application f iled February 13.1911. SerialNo. '608,188.

-rests in the saddle seat or groove a in the toe lug, and d5 indicatesthe-longitudinal socket in the calk tor receiving the lug A and with thesaid Asockets Z5 the side recesses d-d communicate .to provide atransverse pasvturned over ends of the pins which can bethen readilypunched out of the lugs.

The' heel calks D are constructed like the toe calks, and tne heel lugsA are also-alike thedugs A except theyhave but a single lockingaperture,'see Figs'. (l, and 7.

Instead of forming the calk members with the V shaped bearing, portionsthey may be formed with the saddle seats as indicated by ZG on Fig. 7.W'hen thus formed, the lugs A-,4A- on the shoe vare Correspondinglyvshaped to fit into the said sea-ts (ZU.

The calks may be made with sharp edges' as in Fig. 3 tor winter use andinstead of making high calks they may be ot a shallow depthandv veryblunt tread face as isshown' in Fig. 9.

From theforegoing taken in connection with the drawing thel completeconstruction of our improved horse shoe and the advan tage thereof willbe readily apparent.

By reason of the manner in which the calksy are attached to the shoebody, as shown and described, the said calks can be readily r-emoved andreplaced at any time or place, where or` when it becomes necessary,thereby making it possible for a set of slices to last much longer,reducing the shoeing exj pense to the minimum, as well as relieving thehorses foot of the danger of injury, in ci` dent to too frequent removaland replacing of the shoes.

What we claim is: i

'As an improvement in horse shoes; the shoe body having a pendent andtransversely apertured lug, the lower edge of which has a V-shapedhearing, a calk having a ylongitudinal .socket whereby to lit lover theshoe lug. the base of the said socket having a V- shape' whereby toengage the V-hearing on the lug, the upper end ot' the said callihaving-'poljtions 'fo-ratwise enaging and being bendable upv vertileupper bear? the shoebody at each side of' the lug, the' ing portions ofthe calli.

" sai'dealk having elongated-slots in its sides 'ELIAS LEWIS v I lthat,open into the aforesaid longitudinal GEORGE BROADHURST.` 5"socket-,=andtiexible pins foi' .engaging the `Witnessesz v apertures inthe lugfheends ofv the Said DANIEL V. MILLER,

Vpins extending tin'ongh theslots in thecalk 1rELLIE GARDNER.

